The high incidence of tuberculosis among renal transplant recipients in India

Transplantation

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 211-215

  Sakhuja, Vinay ^a   Jha, Vivekanand ^a   Varma, Prem P ^a   Joshi, Kusum ^a   Chugh, Kirpal S ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; KIDNEY GRAFT; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADULT; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; ETHAMBUTOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INDIA; ISONIAZID; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; PYRAZINAMIDE; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0030038844     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007890-199601270-00008     Document Type: Article

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